WTF?
http://garlinggauge.com/videos/alf.flv
Is A.L.F. a secret Fox News commentator?
Is it real? Is it not? Who knows, but it’s funny as hell. I’ll let ya know so you don’t have to watch the show.
Till then let the tension mount. Here’s a vid to wet your whistle.
http://garlinggauge.com/videos/alf3.flv
ALF speed painting
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An empty stage set for empty shirts.
“Enough of the singing, enough of snowmen, let’s begin the debate.”
-Anderson Cooper
Live blogging of these Republican debate firsts was as entertaining as a Republican debate drinking game. Two hours of wasted time yielded the following snippets of silliness.
Check out ‘firsts’ from previous debates here. CNN coverage […]
Huckabee, humor & the ‘08 campaign
With presidential campaigning beginning sooner than ever before, ‘08 presidential candidates are displaying their sensitivity to voter fatigue. Humor can be an excellent device for this purpose as long as it is done well.
First out of the gate was Sen. Barack Obama, combining the seriousness of presidential politics with humor […]
“In the eyes of the beholders…”
The New York Times has a fun slide show interpreting presidential campaign posters, but the format is clunky. Below are the illustrations juxtaposed in order for comparison.
Illustrations by Ward Sutton, author of “Sutton Impact: The Political Cartoons of Ward Sutton.” Buy his book.
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden is quoted in a Wednedsday Washington Post article as chastising President Bush on extending American loyalty toward Pakistaki President Pervez Musharraf.
“What exactly would it take for the president to conclude Musharraf has crossed the line? Suspend the constitution? Impose emergency law? Beat and jail his political opponents and […]
Congressmen & presidential hopefuls Dennis Kucinich (D) & Ron Paul (R)
The Mavericks
In a recent interview Elizabeth Kucinich acknowledged her husband, liberal Democratic presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich, would consider libertarian Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul as his running mate.
For many a Kucinich vs. Paul presidential race would be a dream come true.
Unfortunately, most voters do […]
Denis Poroy/Associated Press
“The rest of the world is America’s bitch”
While perusing the campaign websites of lesser-known 2008 presidential hopefuls, I ran across a video of Duncan Hunter touting America’s greatness to its critics.
http://garlinggauge.com/videos/hunter.flv
To America’s Critics
Oddly enough I also found a little-known translation of Hunter’s remarks by John S. Hall at a Def […]
A Bird of Courage
One wonders if the Thanksgiving feast would be the same if Ben Franklin had gotten his wish.
As described from this edited excerpt of greatseal.com:
The Eagle, Ben Franklin, and the Turkey
A year and a half after the Great Seal was adopted by Congress on June 20, 1782 – with the bald eagle […]
Dis iz Bananas?
Lolcats has stepped up its game from baby talk kitties to U.S. and international politics. As described in this excerpt from the collective wisdom of Wikipedia:
Lolcats are images combining photographs of a cat with a humorous and idiosyncratic caption, said to have its origins in the 4chan imageboards as […]
Seven score and four years ago…
Today marks 144 years since President Abraham Lincoln gave his most famous and quoted speech: The Gettysburg Address. Orated in 1863 during the American Civil War at a dedication for the Soldiers’ National Cemetary in Gettsburg, Pennsylvania, it is regarded as one of the great speeches in American history.
Abraham […]
